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No operation of addition or subtraction gives rise to diversity, but all are equally related to their pair of Terms, or Elements.

— Johannes Kepler Harmonices Mundi (1618)

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Discover the force of the heavens O Men: Once recognised it can be put to use: No use could be seen in unknown things.

De fundamentis astrologiae certioribus (1601)

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to humans is one of the reasons that humanity is the image of God.

Harmonices Mundi (1618)

God gives every animal the means of saving its life—why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer?

Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)

Given ships or sails adapted to the breezes of heaven, there will be those who will not shrink from even that vast expanse.

Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo (1610)

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